PROTECTING GIRLS AND WOMEN FROM CERVICAL CANCER One of the leading cause of cancer related deaths in Indian women1 Much more than pregnancy

1. One of the leading
cause of cancer
related deaths in
Indian women1
Much more than pregnancy
1. IARC, GLOBOCAN 2012 database
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PROTECTING GIRLS AND WOMEN
FROM CERVICAL CANCER
Dr. Sharda Jain
Dr. Rashmi Jain
Dr. Jyoti Agarwal

2. What is Cervical Cancer?
Cervix
Vagina
1. Bosch etal.Journ.clin. Pathology 2002;55:244-265
2. Walboomers JMM, et al. J Pathol 1999; 189:12–19.
Uterus
 In 1976, Harald Zur Hausen, a Nobel laurate, established the link between
HPV and Cervical Cancer.
Caused by: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
infection2
Cervical Cancer is a cancer of the cervix1
90% do not know what cervix is
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3. • Every Woman is at risk of
Cervical Cancer.
• Up to 70% of women acquire
HPV infection in their lifetime.1
• Most resolve on their own, but
about 5% to 10% of all infected
women develop persistent
infection which may lead to
Cervical Cancer in the future.2
1. Bosch FX, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2003; 31:3–13;
2. WHO, Weekly epidemiological record, 2014; 89, 465-492
Who is at risk ?
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4. How common is Cervical Cancer ?
• Cervical cancer ranks No. 2 in
terms of cases and deaths by
cancers in Indian women, only
second to Breast Cancer1
• Every year, approximately
67,000 women in India die of
Cervical Cancer1
1. IARC, GLOBOCAN 2012 database4

5. 58 Countries introduced HPV vaccine in their
National Immunization Program1
GOOD NEWS !
Cervical Cancer can now be prevented
Prevention
possible
through
Vaccination Screening
1. WHO, Weekly epidemiological record, 2014; 89, 465-4925

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